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Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

A county in Alabama, ranked 5 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 01125

Within Alabama
Tuscaloosa County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Tuscaloosa, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
241,368
+8,764 (+3.8%) since 2020
Land area
1,321
square miles. A further 2.2% of the total area is water
Population density
183
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Tuscaloosa
Seat of county government.
Established
1818
207 years ago
Largest city
Tuscaloosa city
Population 114,316.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Tuscaloosa County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 755 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Tuscaloosa County ranks

Position among the 67 counties of Alabama, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn AlabamaNationally
Population241,3685th of 67302nd of 3,144
Land area1,321 sq mi2nd of 67452nd of 3,144
Population density183 per sq mi12th of 67599th of 3,144
Median household income$66,23111th of 671,504th of 3,143

Full data for Tuscaloosa County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population241,368Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020232,604Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?228,133Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,321 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area30.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,351 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?183 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$66,231American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$248,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age32.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households90,052American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units104,290American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
+561
2,512 births, 1,951 deaths
Net migration
-96
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 7 areas bordering Tuscaloosa County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Jefferson CountyAlabama40 mi665,742
Bibb CountyAlabama35 mi22,262
Fayette CountyAlabama30 mi15,872
Pickens CountyAlabama26 mi18,221
Greene CountyAlabama18 mi7,067
Hale CountyAlabama17 mi15,194
Walker CountyAlabama15 mi65,140

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 67 counties of Alabama

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.